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July 21st 2008

Published: October 26th 2008

I wanted to take this opportunity to post some of my coolest photos from trips to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum. There’s all kinds of great stuff here. In fact, the Smithsonian Institute has over 136 million objects on display, 125 million of which are in the Museum of Natural History. If you’re ever in DC, you s... Read Full Entry

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Rosemary

Roaming Rosie

My husband and I just moved back to Florida, but we lived in Maryland from June 2008 until October 2009, and we lived in Heidelberg, Germany from June 2005 until June 2008. I created this TravelBlog to share our experiences and pictures with our family and friends. We love to travel, so I hope that shows! :) I also love photographing new and beautiful places, so I hope you enjoy both the blogs and the photos! This photo of us was taken in Nuremberg, Germany in early 2004. The blogs begin with the Spring of 2006. Don't forget to check out some of my favorite photos from our past tr... full info

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Natural History Museum

Looks like outer space, but it's really a rock. Actually it's Pseudotachylite with Granite Fragments from South Africa. Formed from an ancient impact.

Natural History Museum

Granite. How'd you like that in your kitchen?

Natural History Museum

Kidney Ore. Some kind of iron called Hematite.

Natural History Museum

And our last stop in the Geology, Gems and Minerals display was here in Superman's living room.

Natural History Museum

My Dad worked for Orkin when I was growing up.

Natural History Museum

New Guinea Walking Stick. And this bug is alive, like most of the displays in this exhibit.

Natural History Museum

Awww! (Reptile display by the Insect Zoo).

National Air and Space Museum

This airplane, at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, was the world's first military aircraft. It was purchased by the U.S. Army from the Wright Brothers in 1909 for $30,000. It was developed for the Army Signal Corps.

National Air and Space Museum

This is the Mercury Friendship 7, the spacecraft in which John Glenn Jr. circled the Earth three times in 4 hours and 55 minutes in 1962. Seth is standing next to it to demonstrate how TINY it is!

National Air and Space Museum

The is the X-15. Used by the U.S. Air Force in the 1960s.

National Air and Space Museum

The Spirit of St. Louis. Lindbergh took this on the first non-stop flight from New York to Paris in 1927.

National Air and Space Museum

This is Amelia Earhart's airplane. In 1932, she became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic, and she did it in this plane.

Natural History Museum

The Hubble Telescope. Okay, this is actually the backup, in case the one now in space didn't work, but it still shows you exactly what the Hubble in orbit looks like.

National Air and Space Museum

This is really an Apollo Lunar Module, just an unused one. Built before the program was canceled.

National Air and Space Museum

Me on the moon. Okay, it's really me at the National Air and Space Museum... on the moon! :)

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